3rd Sensing the Forest Seminar: Liz O'Brien and Alice Eldridge

The AHRC Sensing the Forest project is organising a series of three fortnightly online seminar talks with experts related to artistic, social and scientific interventions in the forest or other natural landscapes with a special focus on acoustic phenomena.

The last but not least online seminar will take place on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:00 - 16:30 UK time (UTC+0 GMT) - see https://www.timeanddate.com for other timezones.

We will have the following presentations:
- Liz O'Brien - Sounds in and of the Forest: Can We Connect People to Nature Through Sound?, who will talk about the ecotone network, an interdisciplinary team focused on health and wellbeing, conservation ecology, and education; and the ACCESS project, which links social science with environmental issues.
- Alice Eldridge - Tuning in to Soundscape Dynamical Complexity, who will discuss natural soundscapes by sharing some initial research results exploring a range of approaches to map, model and measure the dynamical complexity of soundscapes across temporal resolutions.

You can find more info and register for the free event on the following Eventbrite link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sensing-the-forest-seminar-liz-obrien-and-alice-eldridge-tickets-745155689727

All are welcome!

 

Performing Critical AI - 27 and 29 November 2022

 

Performing Critical AI I: feedback, noise, corpus, code

Live coding algorithms, ensemble improvisation, biologically-inspired feedback systems, corpus hacking.

Sunday 27th November, 2pm **matinee**
Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL, UK
Event info: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/peforming-critical-ai-i/

Attached to the European Research Council-funded project Music and AI: Building Critical Interdisciplinary Studies led by Georgina Born, this is the first of two concerts showcasing artist-researchers experimenting with AI and complex systems models.

Artists:

• Feedback Cell (Chris Kiefer and Alice Eldridge) featuring Ollie Bown
• Anna Xambó
• P.A. Tremblay and Owen Green

The performances will be followed by open Q & A and discussion with the artists about how and why they are using AI/machine learning.

Performing Critical AI II: body, space, action, agency

Prepared piano, handmade percussion, new compositions, and electronic improvisations situating AI with the listener in a unique 3D sound environment. Including new works by Aaron Einbond and Artemi-Maria Gioti. 

Tuesday 29th November, 8pm
Iklectik, 'Old Paradise Yard ' 20 Carlisle Ln, Royal Street corner, Archbishop's park, Lambeth, London SE1 7LG, UK
Event info: https://iklectikartlab.com/performing-critical-ai-ii-body-space-action-agency/

This is the second of the two concerts linked to the European Research Council-funded project Music and AI: Building Critical Interdisciplinary Studies.

Artists:

• Xenia Pestova
• Maxime Echardour
• Christopher Haworth
• Sound-Image Research Group, University of Greenwich